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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Yippee, thanks to the voters I made it to round 3 and for this round we need to make a card, hand doodling, no flowers, no ready made or purchased embellies .... and LOTS OF DOODLING.

This is my entry, a double easel card (one side twisted easel, one side straight easel) :

So here's what I did:

Started with black CS and doodled the base, zebra stripe style, doodled in the white stripes and added quotes by Neslon Mandela in the black stripes:

The main easel part (left hand side) contains the handwritten quote by Nelson Mandela, hand written in white gel pen, with doodling inside the letters of AFRICA

The frame is handmade from grey cardstock, coloured with Copics and a white gel pen

The twisted easel side also has a frame, and black cardstock with a doodled frame, and I shaped wire, with beads into the shape of Africa. In the centre is a guinea fowl feather that i drew and fussy cut.

The 'stop' for the straight easel is a beaded trinket that I made myself:

The 'stop' for the twisted' easel is another of my drawings, this time a guinea fowl, matted onto an offcut of kraft CS, on which I did the faux leather technique:

Thanks for visiting today and reading all the way to the end of the photo-heavy post, hold thumbs that I make it as one of the top 50%, which means I go through to the next round.

This year I undertook to make birthday cards for the children of St Monica's Home, not far away from where we live. They are boys and girls, ranging in age from babies to 21 (and one or two older). I also make cards for CHOC (children living with childhood cancer) and other various charities, that I donate via our local creative card guild, of which I am the chairlady.

I used a circular digi sentiment and in the centre got a little creative/carried away:

I surrounded the red flower with blue feathers to match the little bluebird, and added fishing line threaded through some crystal beads. (Those that have known me for many years will recognize the technique)